Preventing Picky Eating from Baby's First Bites with Dr. Katja Rowell, MD

#36: Can babies be picky eaters? In this episode family doctor turned child feeding specialist Katja Rowell, MD walks us through some important considerations for preventing picky eating using baby-led weaning.  Did you know that babies who are exposed to the greatest numbers of foods, flavors, tastes and textures early and often are more likely to be independent eaters and less likely to be picky eaters? Dr. Rowell’s advice from this episode will help you reduce anxiety and fear at mealtimes - plus she provides tips on differentiating between typical and extreme picky eating, and what to do and where to go if you do think your baby’s feeding behavior is not typical. Listen to this episode to learn: What is picky eating? What is typical picky eating and what is extreme picky eating? Can babies be picky eaters? Why pressuring babies at mealtimes to either eat more or eat less can lead to feeding problems down the road How to seek help and where to go if you suspect your baby’s behavior is more than typical picky eating...but also why many parents' fears about picky eating are unfounded. Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/36 Links from this episode: Follow Dr. Rowell on instagram @katjarowellmd.   Learn more about her book Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating from her website www.extremepickyeating.com or her Facebook page @extremepickyeating and this book is available on Amazon. Learn more about Dr. Rowell’s book called Love Me, Feed Me (...ideal for children with food preoccupation and foster and adoptive parents looking for feeding info) Dr. Rowell has suggestions about choosing a feeding therapist in her post called “Find Your Fit - Your Family’s Feeding Therapy Partner” Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program  Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices